Landmark Structures Named General Contractor for Project

Landmark Structures Corporation has been retained to serve as general contractor for a joint venture renovation project between ZUMIX and the East Boston Community Development Corporation. The estimated $2-million project will encompass the renovation of a 9,000-square-foot former firehouse at 260 Sumner Street in East Boston into the new home of ZUMIX, a nonprofit cultural organization dedicated to building communities through music and the arts. ZUMIX and the East Boston Community Development Corporation, in a joint venture, purchased the former fire house from the city of Boston. The circa-1900 structure, known as the Engine Company 40 Firehouse, has been completely gutted. Once the construction project is completed over the next nine months, the renovated building will house offices, a radio station, recording studio, a music production studio, classrooms, and performance space for ZUMIX. The new building will be a LEED® certified structure; as such it is being constructed around the core elements of LEED standard elements, including site sustainability, water efficiency, energy efficiency, materials content, indoor environmental quality, and innovative design.